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| Qarl |
 Jun 21 2004, 07:38 PM
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Shriveled member  Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,233 Joined: 8-February 03 From: Florida Member No.: 271 Region Association: None   |
I received the LED prototypes in today. Red, Blue, and Superbright white. The superbright white is really just a wavelength of blue.
I can honestly say they are not any brighter than the incandescent bulbs. The good news is that the inverted lense actually disperses the light about the same as the incandescent bulb, thus doing away with problem that the LED lights are directional in natuure. I think that the size of the LED is the issue. I big LED will most definitely be brighter, but you run into size problems with the lamp base. It has only three advantages I can think of. 1. Last longer 2. Color choices 3. Will not fade and yellow over time. So... I don't think it is really worth going through the expense of importing some in from overseas. Sorry to get everyone's hopes up. I guess that's part of the experimentation process. I am still waiting to hear back about the halogen fog bulbs though. |
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| balthazar |
Jun 21 2004, 08:28 PM
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P-car junkie Group: Members Posts: 161 Joined: 23-March 03 From: Arvada, Colorado Member No.: 464 |
Hi!
Just thought I'd post some pix of an experiment I did with some 10,000 MCD Blue LEDs. I got them on ebay from a guy in Hong Kong. No problem w/ shipping. You are looking at a temp gauge and a voltage gauge. There are 3 leds per gauge. Just use a 330 ohm(*1/2 watt) resistor per ea. easy to get, easy to solder. Use shrink tubing to keep them from shorting. *These LEDS use 423mW @ 12v...3 of them use 1.3w... The stock bulbs use 2w so there is no need to worry about the fuses. Attached thumbnail(s) 
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Qarl Crapity Crap! Jun 21 2004, 07:38 PM
jkeyzer Do the lamps have external current limiting resist... Jun 21 2004, 07:43 PM Qarl If anybody wants some from a source here in the U.... Jun 21 2004, 07:48 PM Qarl Supposedly they have the resistor integrated to be... Jun 21 2004, 07:51 PM Qarl I can get ANY type of bulb made.
Xenon, halogen, ... Jun 21 2004, 07:59 PM Qarl Unfortunately, my digital camera doesn't take ... Jun 21 2004, 08:00 PM Qarl Here is the tachy
It is actually brighter than in... Jun 21 2004, 08:00 PM Qarl blue Jun 21 2004, 08:03 PM balthazar Here is another picture...They are plenty bright e... Jun 21 2004, 08:31 PM balthazar I used regular phone wire.
(1)Once the soldering... Jun 21 2004, 08:57 PM balthazar Here's how it looks without the shrink tubing.... Jun 21 2004, 08:59 PM Qarl There are lots of possibilities for this. I was ju... Jun 21 2004, 09:05 PM campbellcj FWIW I think the main reason some new cars use LED... Jun 21 2004, 09:10 PM balthazar I am going to make a taillight assembly with progr... Jun 21 2004, 09:33 PM Lawrence Did Andy take pictures for you? :D
-Rusty :toke... Jun 21 2004, 11:27 PM dmenche914 The regular lights in the instruments seem bright ... Jun 22 2004, 12:15 AM nein14 I know they're pricey, but has any one used th... Jun 22 2004, 07:10 AM PorscheTom Sorry to hear about your findings. I've used ... Jun 22 2004, 10:06 AM Qarl I am awaiting the response from the real manufactu... Jun 22 2004, 12:16 PM
! Hmmmm, do they work in the wheel wells? :shades: Jun 22 2004, 03:24 PM |
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